Software

Unravelling The MobileMess Of The MobileMe To iCloud Migration

Apple is known for its ability to create products that are easy to use and even easier to understand. Too bad that ease of use doesn’t translate to their latest cloud features. Instead, they’ve seemed to have mastered the art of confusing the hell out of everyone.


October 12, 2011
Software

Apple Needs To Merge Apple ID And MobileMe For iCloud

I’m super excited for iCloud but I’m still wondering what the hell I’m going to do with my two separate Apple ID accounts: my original one, which I made to buy stuff on iTunes — and still use to buy apps — and then the MobileMe account that Apple forced you to make as a separate Apple ID.


September 16, 2011
Online

Apple Will Merge All Your Accounts Into One

You probably have an Apple ID. You might have more than one. It’s also possible you have a MobileMe account. So with the impending launch of iCloud, which login will you use? It turns out, you won’t have to choose.


August 8, 2011
Online

MobileMe Users Get 25GB Free iCloud Storage Until June 2012

There are all sorts of goodies coming out of the iCloud developer build that arrived this weekend, the first being news that MobileMe customers transitioning to the service will receive 25GB of storage space once the service launches.


June 25, 2011
Software

What Lives And What Dies When MobileMe Becomes iCloud

According to Apple’s new MobileMe site, most of MobileMe, including email, Find My iPhone, and everything from iSync, will remain intact. iDisk, iWeb and Gallery, are gone, but they’ll be replaced by iCloud features with different names.


June 7, 2011
Software

MobileMe Will Live For Another Year As Find My iPhone Escapes From Its Grasp

MobileMe will die someday. Just not anytime soon, since apple will keep MobileMe operational until June 30, 2012. But now that iCloud is here (and free), all MobileMe subscriptions from the last year, will be free until they expire.


Software

MobileMe Subscribers Getting Pre-iCloud Refunds From Apple

If your $119 a year MobileMe account just automatically renewed, Apple’s handing you back the dough – indicating that today’s iCloud bonanza will likely include a drop in price for floating in the MobileMe cloud. Or maybe it’ll be free!


June 6, 2011
Computing

An Educated Rumour: iCloud Isn’t The New MobileMe—It’s The New iTunes

We’re getting a better and better idea of what iCloud’s going to look like—music streaming, maybe something Time Capsule-y. But not the whole picture. The typically accurate John Gruber suggests a handy way to conceptualise iCloud:


June 2, 2011
Software

Apple To Bundle iCloud For Free With OS X Lion

Apple may offer its new iCloud service for free to folks with Mac OS X Lion, according to AppleInsider. To sweeten the deal, Lion may be priced extremely competitive and sold through the Mac App Store.


May 31, 2011
Software

iCloud Is Coming To WWDC

Apple is finally ready to show off iCloud, its cloud service that they built that massive data centre for. It was always a matter of when, rather than if, but at WWDC, we’ll finally get to see what they’re planning.